Convenția de la Haga din 4 mai 1971 privind legea aplicabilă accidentelor de circulație — text

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   CONVENTION ON THE LAW APPLICABLE TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS (Concluded 4 May 1971) The States signatory to the present Convention, Desiring to establish common provisions on the law applicable to civil non-contractual liability arising from traffic accidents, Have resolved to conclude a Convention to this effect and have agreed upon the following provisions - Article 1 The present Convention shall determine the law applicable to civil non-contractual liability arising from traffic accidents, in whatever kind of proceeding it is sought to enforce this liability. For the purpose of this Convention, a traffic accident shall mean an accident which involves one or more vehicles, whether motorised or not, and is connected with traffic on the public highway, in grounds open to the public or in private grounds to which certain persons have a right of access. Article 2 The present Convention shall not apply - (1) to the liability of manufacturers, sellers or repairers of vehicles; (2) to the responsibility of the owner, or of any other person, for the maintenance of a way open to traffic or for the safety of its users; (3) to vicarious liability, with the exception of the liability of an owner of a vehicle, or of a principal, or of a master; (4) to recourse actions among persons liable; (5) to recourse actions and to subrogation in so far as insurance companies are concerned; (6) to actions and recourse actions by or against social insurance institutions, other similar institutions and public automobile guarantee funds, and to any exemption from liability laid down by the law which governs these institutions. Article 3 The applicable law is the internal law of the State where the accident occurred. Article 4 Subject to Article 5, the following exceptions are made to the provisions of Article 3 - a) where only one vehicle is involved in the accident and it is registered in a State other than that where the accident occurred, the internal law of the State of registration is applicable to determine liability > - towards the driver, owner or any other person having control of or an interest in the vehicle irrespective of their habitual residence, > - towards a victim who is a passenger and whose habitual residence is in a State other than that where the accident occurred, > - towards a victim who is outside the vehicle at the place of the accident and whose habitual residence is in the State of registration. Where there are two or more victims the applicable law is determined separately for each of them. b) Where two or more vehicles are involved in the accident, the provisions of a) are applicable only if all the vehicles are registered in the same State. c) Where one or more persons outside the vehicle or vehicles at the place of the accident are involved in the accident and may be liable, the provisions of a) and b) are applicable only if all these persons have their habitual residence in the State of registration. The same is true even though these persons are also victims of the accident. Article 5 The law applicable under Articles 3 and 4 to liability towards a passenger who is a victim governs liability for damage to goods carried in the vehicle and which either belong to the passenger or have been entrusted to his care. The law applicable under Articles 3 and 4 to liability towards the owner of the vehicle governs liability for damage to goods carried in the vehicle other than goods covered in the preceding paragraph. Liability for damage to goods outside the vehicle or vehicles is governed by the internal law of the State where the accident occurred. However the liability for damage to the personal belongings of the victim outside the vehicle or vehicles is governed by the internal law of the State of registration when that law would be applicable to the liability towards the victim according to Article 4. Article 6 In the case of vehicles which have no registration or which are registered in several States the internal law of the State in which they are habitually stationed shall replace the law of the State of registration. The same shall be true if neither the owner nor the person in possession or control nor the driver of the vehicle has his habitual residence in the State of registration at the time of the accident. Article 7 Whatever may be the applicable law, in determining liability account shall be taken of rules relating to the control and safety of traffic which were in force at the place and time of the accident. Article 8 The applicable law shall determine, in particular - (1) the basis and extent of liability; (2) the grounds for exemption from liability, any limitation of liability, and any division of liability; (3) the existence and kinds of injury or damage which may have to be compensated; (4) the kinds and extent of damages; (5) the question whether a right to damages may be assigned or inherited; (6) the persons who have suffered damage and who may claim damages in their own right; (7) the liability of a principal for the acts of his agent or of a master for the acts of his servant; (8) rules of prescription and limitation, including rules relating to the commencement of a period of prescription or limitation, and the interruption and suspension of this period. Article 9 Persons who have suffered injury or damage shall have a right of direct action against the insurer of the person liable if they have such a right under the law applicable according to Articles 3, 4 or 5. If the law of the State of registration is applicable under Articles 4 or 5 and that law provides no right of direct action, such a right shall nevertheless exist if it is provided by the internal law of the State where the accident occurred. If neither of these laws provides any such right it shall exist if it is provided by the law governing the contract of insurance. Article 10 The application of any of the laws declared applicable by the present Convention may be refused only when it is manifestly contrary to public policy ("ordre public"). Article 11 The application of Articles 1 to 10 of this Convention shall be independent of any requirement of reciprocity. The Convention shall be applied even if the applicable law is not that of a Contracting State.

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